Flames of the funeral pyre were the only light guiding her toward what could have been a new beginning. With death looming right behind her and rigid beliefs ahead, her heart wretched under the weight of her fate. Yet she clung to one fragile thread—hope. Hope for a miracle. A miracle that seemed impossible. Must this be my end? she wondered. And indeed, in a way, it was. What appeared to be death was, in truth, her release from a cage she had never chosen. It was the end of misery, of agony inflicted in the name of blood and responsiblties. A severance from bonds that had only ever imprisoned her. And that severance was sealed by a royal sword. Suman serves as the head maid to the Queen of Suryagarh. To the world, she is merely a servant. But within palace walls, she is the queen’s most trusted confidante. Respected and trusted even by the king himself. Yet in the eyes of society, she remains nothing more than a maid. Rules, hierarchies, and uncompromising traditions, however, mean little to Prince Agastya Dev Singh of Suryagarh. He is not reckless, but those who cross him feel his wrath. Calculating and dangerously perceptive, he knows how to unearth truths others desperately try to bury and destroy what threatens his kingdom. Beneath his charm and flirtatious exterior, lies a darkness few have glimpsed. When fate binds a prince and a maid in a marriage born of circumstance, their lives are irrevocably transformed. Will what once began as duty, blur into desire? Will obligation ignite into something fierce enough to defy a kingdom? Step into a story of forbidden longing, and a maid who becomes the first royal in the history of Indira.

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